the russian prime minister is grilled by the people in public view when a he defends the right to protest legally and valves to work takes up with the opposition in future. prime minister putin says cameras will be placed in polling stations to try and stop about electoral fraud join me in a few moments for more on this and everything else the pm had to say. a long time without charge all quarter hearing human rights groups around the along with the us is close to authorizing indefinite detention tarasoff. and of the eurozone struggle to break free from debts and faces the noumena spectrum

procession shoppers a helping hand in the very heart of the european. a very warm welcome to you this is live from moscow our top story now by the minute putin has faced down critics of russia's disputed parliamentary election but also hinted at reforms to make the voting process more transparent well the comments come as he addresses the public in his annual televised q. and a with the nation but the prime minister not shying away from a series of tough questions asked. in moscow for more on what's been said this afternoon peter the session it comes hot on the hill doesn't it all of that election which left say many here in the crowd in the country questioning the fairness of the results how far did britain responded to all of that. well this q.

and a session comes as you say just after the parliamentary elections at the beginning of this month and ahead of next year's presidential election race now that any of putin's said that technology should be used to its fullest extent in order to try and stamp out electoral fraud in polling stations and he said that this technology will be in place ahead of the presidential election. with logo but actual sometimes breaking a very fine now asking the election internationally to install web cameras at every polling station in the country and there are over ninety thousand of those thing i want to these cameras should be on around the clock so that everyone can see what's happening at every station which will relent any obligation was it for going to get there yes. well staying with those elections in next march lot amir putin laid out his plans his campaign strategy saying that he'll be looking to

modernize the economy here in russia as well as increase dead and strengthen democracy here well addressing somebody who looks like they'll be standing against him in the the in the presidential election because the profit of the said they thought of was a strong and worthy candidate but that he wouldn't be giving him his full support of course. will be running against him now addressing the the protests that we've seen following the parliamentary elections not to be a putin said that if he saw that nobody was supporting him in his job that he would immediately stand down and leave office and into the t.v. program and lasted several hours in a bikini when i say whatever forney issues were touched upon. well in any forum like this where people from all over russia the biggest country in the world of course can can voice their concerns and questions to one of the country's

leaders are you going to unearth some gems one search one concerned a spoiled ballots from london during the parliamentary elections now that amir putin was asked if he'd seen the message that was written for him or not ballots i have to say was a a quite colorfully a wooded message on that ballot you know what the pm had to say. you didn't run in the parliamentary election their name wasn't on the party list and yet everyone seems to hold you responsible as a result of your well that's a no no for your salad last magazine published a photo of a ballot had an obscene message addressed to you want to use i would not want to voice it right now but he has to why not go ahead. why don't you ask the rest is on broadcasting. would you think of decided to shrinks. yes i've seen that message i found it very amusing and i was even pleased because there's nothing new in this attitude i saw plenty of dirt thrown my way back when i was president but i did not doubt myself then nor do i doubt my actions now as far

as i know the message on that but it was written in london and we know very well that i saw the russians live there and why they don't want to come back and their obscene message to them and simply tells me how much they want to come back what they can do while i'm in a power i'm not mad at you i'm actually grateful that they came and voted just like i asked them to use them. well let us live from questions about the elections be the wealth of people but nothing. well vladimir putin was able to praise the legacy of united russia his past see the legacy what they've heard of their time in power saying that while life being in office that inflation has gone down that unemployment is being slashed compared to when they came to power and that wages have gone up now he also if you look towards the. the foreign policy relations addressing statements made by u.s. senator john mccain saying who said this law to me of putin would go the same way

of colonel gadhafi no with regards to senator mccain mr putin said that. well he was completely unfounded in those comments that john mccain has enough blood on his hands already from his time where serving in the vietnam war now addressing unite the united states as a whole he said that you would see that russia's position in world politics saying that russia has more friends than enemies on the world stage compared to the u.s. now looking at a cased valving russians taking place outside of russia's borders the case of. involving roman abramovich he said that this case should be tried in russia as involves the stealing of russian money that this is a case that involves but it. is well over given that this case shouldn't be tried in london it belongs here in russia because the money that was stolen was stolen from here in russia ok peter many thanks peter all of that line from central moscow

for. now terrorist suspects in america could be held in prison indefinitely without charge or trial in the senate passes a controversial bill which has already been signed off by the white house and the house of representatives it could mean the military being able to take an edge terrorist into custody that should be without question critics say would be a stunt violation of human rights the white house and mission objected to the bill but need to change its mind. don't play that for antiwar dot com ministrations don't think marriage. these provisions mandating military custody amounted to a restriction of the president's authority but in truth it's reasonable to assume that a veto threat was mere political theater because senator carl levin one of the provisions primary authors revealed during senate debate that it was the obama administration itself who requested the inclusion of language mandating military detentions

including u.s. citizens in that language so you could say the ministration never really changed minds it was just sort of doing it for public consumption the bill merely codified into law this status quo i mean that is to say the government has already assumed that they have the power to detain us citizens indefinitely without trial and that's what guantanamo bay is essentially the targeted assassination of. u.s. citizen and law are all lochley proves again that the government has already in every practical sense dismissed the due process rights for americans the senate already passed a version of this bill and the vote was ninety three to seven so only seven senators ject to the literal if this aeration of the fifth amendment it's expected to pass the senate it's already passed the house and obama is expected to sign it before the end of the week. still ahead this hour libya on

the brink of a new civil war. most people in to see or all complicit in the dark future crimes for example who had see him to see what was gadhafi justice minister that just makes a joke of the whole council. and gives up boiling point in the country as thousands demand the national transitional council's resignation. nesting between majestic mountains and serene sea we take you to a big deal one hundred year old fortress russia's most ancient city. a bleak outlook remains for the eurozone as it faces a winter recession and a tough battle with joblessness despite politicians efforts to come up with solutions to the crisis russia is offering its help at top level talks in brussels where president medvedev says moscow is very interested in seeing overcome its troubles as our city is across the latest for us. you have the european council

president herman van rompuy and european commission a chief. who had met with president and did it and they were talking about the role that russia could play in helping to resolve the eurozone crisis and one of the things on offer is possibly a contribution of about ten billion euros or dollars again amounts to a lot clearer to the international monetary fund that we have to remember that there is a european financial stability fund this is the fund that was set up when the eurozone crisis started however rochelle prefers to contribute through the i.m.f. and of course the abyss will be very clearly looking for usually beneficial agreements we know that moscow for example has been advocating for a long time now the reform of the i.m.f. to have more influence to our developing nations so this could be a win win situation depending on the agreement they come up with and after that some of that was on december ninth. countries essentially plus some of the countries have agreed to come up with a fiscal compact that's integrating their fiscal policies and having stricter rules

but at the end of the day what we're looking at here is the reaction of the markets is whether the or you or has actually improved but in fact it has it had fallen value compared to the dollar and also markets have not been reacting well they still have to come up with a definitive solution to this eurozone crisis so that's why they're still looking for a solution hoping that russia could come on board and help them sort it out another big thing here the accession of russia to the w t o the very near future. is russia's biggest trading partner a foreign partner and also for more than forty percent of russia's reserves are are in euros so it's clear that russia has indicated that they would benefit from a stronger economy and also a w t o you expect more liberalization you expect more import tariffs to go down and that would definitely benefit russia and in terms of liberalization they will also touch upon energy talks so many things on the table here a lot of it to do with trade and business. now libya is seeking access to two major

parts of its financial assets which were friends of by international banks during the last month that gadhafi era the u.n. sanctions committee is due to take the decision of the move would help ease some of the problems the country's faced since the civil war ended the situation in libya and tearing through the toppling killing of cannot attack the clashes between tribal groups erupting near the capital libya's new leaders are also under pressure from fallon to find protesters and policy where the revolt down demonstrators block the transitional leadership to resign saying it's not doing enough to charge political journalist even around the country back on the brink of civil. now you're going to see. people are very dissatisfied the way it seems are going they fought hard especially in britain guarded don't think they're being properly rewarded and now you're going to see the country just fall apart into different areas of warlords just like in afghanistan i don't have any confidence in t.c.

those people in to see are all complicit in the dark crimes they're going to set things up so they're going to do very well again and they're probably going to try and emerge as a new rulers a new dictators of libya which is we're going to be headed for example. who heads the m.t.c. was gadhafi justice minister that just made a joke of the whole council his response of for a lot of crimes and gadhafi i don't blame these people but guys are having no trust me and to see it all. more pinions all the developments in libya available on our website dot com where we're also keeping an eye on all the potential hotspots iran becomes the target of a series of bombings and assassinations with the views of one expert who believes the so-called rogue state could just be the latest victim of the world's real axis of evil. last days addition to china's military might is its latest aircraft carrier which beijing says will be used for training in research undergoing sea

trials it's. now moscow accuses the e.u. of overstepping its powers by holding back a russian humanitarian aid convoy taking food and supplies to serbs in kosovo twenty five russian trucks was stopped by e.u. controlled customs officers checkpoint on tuesday after refusing to be accompanied through the area both russia and serbia rejected the idea fearing that pristina may use the escort as a pretext of pushing into their territory tensions have been on the rise in the region since july when calls abroad for she's trying to take control of crossing points from previous trade ban on serbian goods the minorities reacted by putting up barriers to block access to the disputed border. and i was taken to get some other news this hour in brief that syrian activists twenty seven security officers have been killed by army defectors in the southern province of dar meanwhile human

rights watch is to release a report named dozens of see what officials it claims are responsible for the violent crackdown on protesters the reports based on the testimonies of just eight with sixteen defectors the u.n. says more than five thousand people have died since the nine month long unrest began to mask this blames armed gangs for the violence. a french court has found ex president jacques chirac guilty of diverting funds and abusing public . that ends the charges that dates back to his term as mayor of paris he was convicted of paying go salaries to former party members for municipal jobs that didn't exist she wasn't in court to hear the verdict because of his poor health he's been given a two year suspended sentence. in new calling to our goal who's killed over a hundred people in the state of west bengal and india many laborers and low income workers fell a long tuesday after drinking liquor which was released with no follow the chemical

commonly used in antifreeze with hundreds more in hospital many fear the death toll will rise four people have been arrested in connection with the manufacture and distribution of the neck of. the american flag has been lowered in baghdad in the ceremony marking the war's end in iraq and the withdrawal of u.s. troops a small contingent of u.s. soldiers remains in baghdad but will leave soon after the siren many american claims to have left behind a stable country but many worry the minute you pull out would provoke even more terrorist attacks over ten thousand iraqis have been killed since the american invasion nine years ago. egyptians have turned out in large numbers to vote in the second round of the country's long running elections is that his policies are expected to extend their size will be for the first rounder when the majority of seats in parliament voting violations are being reported although the army is vowing to clamp down on abuses it's egypt's first ballot since

president mubarak was ousted fairplay. what time now to take a trip thousands of years back in time as we visit russia's oldest city. people have lived in that bent for more than five thousand years a fortress with a time testers history many battles have been won and lost for control of the prices he walls because of its strategic position on an ancient traitor each day the only armies advancing on the imposing edifice of russia's southernmost city friendly tourists rather than hostile invaders to many centuries the city developed between two natural walls of the mountains and the sea on a strip of land just three kilometers long over the years different nations gave

the city different names but all were connected to the word gate the reason perhaps is that debian stood on the silk road enclosed by strong walls reaching to the sea and the watchtower's the beauty of this area has always attracted visitors from across the country but soon there will be an added incentive to come here this part of dagestan was picked to host one of the five major tourist complexes to be built across the the area of north caucasus but that's what the future and for now locals are content with their past managing to preserve large portions of the area and today they've opened some of the same trees all thick of this fortress to us. in the years gone by it was never this easy to get to the night in college fortress then armies would do battle storming the walls to get inside it has become a second home. he's the key keeper of one of the most beautiful khan's castles in the region going through that will almost forty years of my life i spent here all

members of my family works here this is a tradition for everything here is special for me i want to save every piece of it for the future and the younger generation of dagestani man is following in his footsteps average day a local historian meets dozens of tourists and tells the story of modern cholera some of the. what you see from here is the old part of data bint we call it this is the oldest city in russia in the past caravans used to come to the gates of this fortress they paid a toll and only after that could they continue their journey to the north. this place guarded it's one of the strategic passes on the silk route and was used well into the nineteenth century however a large portion of the fortress was destroyed in the nine hundred twenty s. during the russian civil war most of what remains date back to the seventeenth

century this is what's left of what was once one of the most violent punishments in the caucasus the criminals were thrown into this post and the ground and left to die there from hunger new criminals were thrown their own irregular basis but none of the bodies were after removed not even cost downs on the highest peak in the city and overlooks the caspian sea two longwalls enclosed all part of dead bent and lead to this sheet buildings that lie between those two story the walls a reminder of the all parts of or is symbol this is the jewel mosque one of the most ancient in the world many believe. that it was through here that the muslim religion spread into russia the walls of the small scuffs who threw same trees of history and during the soviet union or even used as a prison the locals are not only trying to preserve buildings but also their traditions for centuries dagestani man were known for their horsemanship they

raised horses and sold them to the caravans coming to the city dagestani horses were well known in the north caucasus for their strength and stamina but now that age old tradition is being challenged by a woman who wanted to militarize at the beginning no one understood me all my brothers were horsemen but i was forbidden to follow them because i am a woman it took me years to become what i am now all my life is dedicated to raising who thing is slowly but people are getting used to that. after just a few hours endured and you can feel the history coursing through the veins of the narrow streets and if you concentrate hard enough you can almost hear the clatter of horses answering the old gates of the city. the russian republic of dagestan of which translates to the country of the mountains is located here in this a volatile area of north caucasus the republic is also themed for its athlete

counseling ways to diversity being home for more than thirty eight languages and to discuss this more i'm now joined by nist no go for dave hayden thank you very much for joining me today pleasure to so i've heard that you come a long way from the states to this region of pakistan so what prachi over here dream really. you know as you mentioned august on is the most ethnically one of the the most ethnically complicated regions in the entire world and it's actually for a long time been my passion my dream to come here to study. and really a goal of mine is to introduce dr stone. to the english world thank you sunny so considered to be one of the most dangerous places in russia maybe and what do you think about it so you think it's safe enough to stay here. yeah i do think it's safe enough to be are in fact i'm here with my wife and my three little children my

my oldest daughter and my and my oldest son they both go to a local school. yes it is dangerous at times a fact right here but we're standing right here there was a special operation a couple years ago were when i was sitting inside the staff. so so i understand the dangers i mean i know when you live in dogs on long enough we'll you know see things hear about things but you know you have to take up a bit get it from a comprehensive perspective. know there's dangerous places all over the world and really when you when you look closer at the situation here the dynamics you find that things like petty thievery things like violent crimes and armed robbery and rape these things are fairly rare here very rare you know versus. a place like moscow you know the chance to raise my kids with such probably strong family values as i get to do your darkest on but to me it's worth it there are some very disparate it's a good place the people are incredible we are thank you very much now was dave's

hate and that's no good for the airports here in this region of dagestan and meanwhile our team continues to bring you the latest picture of life down here in russia's north caucasus in the republic of dagestan. ok when it is business all the way now with katrina to go away. well thank you alex hello and welcome let's have business here on our top story this hour capital is still flying out of russia flow reached ten billion dollars in november forcing the central bank to once again raise the forecast for the whole year to nest and laid it eighty five billion dollars that's more than double last year's total extremely safe at b.b.b. capital says cash light is down to a lack of structural improvements. the fundamental reason for a sustained difficult pull from russia is that roughly equal to the russian going to begin by just all is much when you're the victim and you never say it's all

fixed exchange rate we deflect switching from the good will flood easy has become important for later all going to going to the development and it's basically a recluse bubble from developing but another also means that there are options to invest also the version of the show better than openness to decide to flush. them because bubble so no longer a very good option right so it's means the structure of the russian economy because of labor market to do just because it wasn't going to be additions or he's not able to you just look at the well he's continued to generate gold is critical through all saving expenses well. let's have a look at the markets now since the last fixing but over the last twenty four hours it's been shot falls it seems falls that's after opec agreed to increase its output ceiling here's to. light sweet is trading at ninety over ninety five dollars per barrel brant is a one hundred five dollars a pound stocks in europe are trading higher after rebounding from two words amid

speculation that this year's slump in equities is not so with the outlook for corporate earnings the vote is now up around half a percent while the dax is gaining point seven percent nearly point eight percent this hour now here in russia markets are trading in the red amid lower crude prices the r.t.s. is losing it losing point eight percent as down just a notch now let's have a look at some index movers on the y. six energy majors a lower ross nafta's dropping one to help percent backing stocks are also under pressure bt b. is one a half percent in the red bucking the trend though as it moves hydro it's adding one point six percent. after roughly a year of trading on hong kong stock exchange shares in the. fall and. they. close four point eighty nine kong dollars with which is how the initial list price the company has been hit by falling demand prices for.

now to the ought to the auto industry japanese carmakers to borrow is considering setting up an assembly plant in russia if the realized production should roll up thirty thousand cars a year the final decision depends on import tariffs for spare parts which so far is now negotiating with the russian government while washes hoping the e.u. will give it a concessions on the hotly disputed third energy package joining the twenty eighth bilateral summit which started on wednesday the new rules prohibit gas supplier from also owning the means of transit distribution but it wasn't capital believes that the sovereign debt crisis is weakening europe's negotiating position brush is facing the current situation by its face value and obviously realizes advantages and the possibility to be

a little bit more aggressive right now the other part of the story is the european the seaview recession it has very deep debt problem for europe to reach a point of known negotiation and that would be a very unfortunate situation for the russian delegation because russia wants to touch nerves of europe but it doesn't want to cause there was breakdown therefore politics diplomacy everything must be smooth. and politically correct. as all the news for now we're back in about thirty minutes from now from all financial news here.

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